tone deafness
- a word derived from tone-deaf.
Example Sentences
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This echoes what most of the British press and that other American Meghan, she of House McCain, harrumphed about the supposed tone deafness of Season 1.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
Former Trump aide Patrick Wilson has said there was a "tremendous amount of tone deafness by politicians in Northern Ireland".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
The researchers captured 924 recordings from 33 residents of Quebec, including 18 participants with congenital amusia—commonly known as tone deafness.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 11, 2022
This tone deafness starts before the book has even properly begun.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
